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and urban america. anyway, thanks for you all being here. i'm kind of excited about today. the reason i am. we've got a lot of hard work to get out of the ditch we found ourselves in and get through today. i think the important part is being able to lay a platform to build tomorrow. you know there is a program and you know me, like most of you, i'm not crazy about all the acronyms. there is a program called r.p.e. it is run through the energy department and we're going to hear from the secretary on this but it is modeled after dart which a lot of people know an awful lot about going through program, through the defense department has undertaken high-risk, very high-risk projects that quite frankly wouldn't have been taken on had they not had the incentive and the motivation of the government saying we're going to provide seed money and get into this. all of you know some of the things that the program has help out the precursor to the internet or g.p.s. technology or stealth technology. they all came th
and urban america. anyway, thanks for you all being here. i'm kind of excited about today. the reason i am. we've got a lot of hard work to get out of the ditch we found ourselves in and get through today. i think the important part is being able to lay a platform to build tomorrow. you know there is a program and you know me, like most of you, i'm not crazy about all the acronyms. there is a program called r.p.e. it is run through the energy department and we're going to hear from the...
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. -- and latin america. they are able to give results. ut middle east and what can happen over there if the nuclear program is implemented. and a nuclear conflict arises. well, that would be a gigantic catastrophe. we all can't imagine what could happen in the middle east if just one terrorist act happens there or nuclear arms is used. middle east is called middle east because it is so small it is enough for bombings to happen in one place, for it to start spreading all over the world. and that would trigger a humanitarian catastrophe and exodus of people from different countries. and the most bad thing is it will trigger the nuclear arms race. many colleagues from iran will -- arabic world that if iran gets nuclear arms, they will have no scrupeles without having it as well. and this will enlarge the nuclear club and then no summit will help if all of those countries have nuclear arms. that will open a new page in the history of humankind, which will be very sad. and i hope we will be able to agree and will
. -- and latin america. they are able to give results. ut middle east and what can happen over there if the nuclear program is implemented. and a nuclear conflict arises. well, that would be a gigantic catastrophe. we all can't imagine what could happen in the middle east if just one terrorist act happens there or nuclear arms is used. middle east is called middle east because it is so small it is enough for bombings to happen in one place, for it to start spreading all over the world. and that...
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the voice of america persian services acting as a part of opposition group. and you can find a lot of family members there, husband and wife and their children. and that's a family business with the american taxpayers money. and i think that's wrong. i don't know. it's part of journalism. but i'm sure it's not. if you want to give time to -- i don't know maybe you like it. but last week he was on voice of america for one hour. and the day after his best friend was there. and the day after was trita parsi himself for one hour. in the week you gave a lot of time to them. why you boycotted us. [applause] >> thank you. >> first of all, we don't boycott anyone. that i stand by firmly. i always say if you're pissing both sides of the arena you're doing your job right. the pronii-nyack folks and the anti-nyack folks we are on both sides and giving equal playing ground. the media or the news is not something we generally like to cover. i mean, who likes to cover what happened just with the polish president yesterday? or so many other things and the things that are ha
the voice of america persian services acting as a part of opposition group. and you can find a lot of family members there, husband and wife and their children. and that's a family business with the american taxpayers money. and i think that's wrong. i don't know. it's part of journalism. but i'm sure it's not. if you want to give time to -- i don't know maybe you like it. but last week he was on voice of america for one hour. and the day after his best friend was there. and the day after was...
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we are coming back to the issues with america. obama is increasing his scope, with other countries becoming involved, is it not true that in europe, america is trying to the dissipate with the conflict. because you were against the invasion in iraq, does this mean that you would reduce the availability of the british military and you do not want great britain to be the automatic partner in the conflicts that are brought. >> we have a german colleague that we will hear from. and then, japan. >> i was wondering if you think that there will be an initiative to support the british countries? and if you want to extend this and if you have some particular idea in mind? >> we were coming to you -- from the front. sorry. >> i am from a japanese newspaper and i want to ask you , do you tolerate the two-party system or would you like a new, three-party system? >> would you like to terminate the two-party system? >> the very last question, this is an agonizing issue. the gentleman who was wearing glasses. >> thank you very much. you have sai
we are coming back to the issues with america. obama is increasing his scope, with other countries becoming involved, is it not true that in europe, america is trying to the dissipate with the conflict. because you were against the invasion in iraq, does this mean that you would reduce the availability of the british military and you do not want great britain to be the automatic partner in the conflicts that are brought. >> we have a german colleague that we will hear from. and then,...
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the obama campaign always said america has transcended race. we are better people, we have moved past this. we have had a long and difficult history but we are better than we are and better than we used to be. so rather than confronting the bias directly with the obama campaign it is called people to their better angels and a lot of what the research suggests and is counterintuitive is you might be less successful at calling people out on their body is precisely for this issue which is that even when you are conscious of the unconscious bias within you would doesn't necessarily change behavior. in the back, yes. >> i'm curious about moving this to a different look about scott brown for example and kind of what the redials about the human brain and how massachusetts most liberal state in the union [inaudible] what's that about? [laughter] >> the short and honest answer is i don't know. i think in some ways this becomes a parlor game where you would try to apply the bias to the situations and i can toss out hypotheses and give you my impressions
the obama campaign always said america has transcended race. we are better people, we have moved past this. we have had a long and difficult history but we are better than we are and better than we used to be. so rather than confronting the bias directly with the obama campaign it is called people to their better angels and a lot of what the research suggests and is counterintuitive is you might be less successful at calling people out on their body is precisely for this issue which is that...